Seed-saving means



sept. 25,1923.. 1,468,849v

W. T. WEST SEED SAVING MEANS Filed NOV.4 19 1921 Patented Sept. 25, E923.

SEED-SAVING MEANS. 1

Application filed November 19,'1921. Yserial No. 516,368.

To @ZZ whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. WEST,

a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Denmark, in the county of VMadison and 5 State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Saving Means; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such asl will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to seed saving means and more particularly to a device which may be built asa portable structure and operable to save hay seed,-one object of the invention being to provide a device which may be conveniently placed in position to receive hay during the handling of the same and operable to recover such seed as may be jarred or shaken from the hay while the latter may be transferred from one place or receptacle to another.

A further object is to provide a seed saving device which may be placed between a wagon and a baling press so that when hay is being transferred from the` wagon tothe baling press, seed which may be shaken.

from the hay will be recovered instead ofV being lost upon the ground or floor.

With these and other` obje-cts in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and'pointed out in the claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view'of a device embodying my invention. Figure 2 is a side view. Figure 3 is an end view. Figure 4 is a longitudinal section view, and Figure 5 is a view in transverse section. l

In the drawings, l represents a table or platform which may be provided 'on its under side with cleats 2 and 2. This table or platform may be suitably supported in an inclined position between a wagon and a baling press, or if desired, said table or platform may be provided with suitable supporting legs so'that it may be located,- -not only between a wagon anda baling press, but also at any place where hay is being handled. v p

The table or platform 1 is preferably Y made tapering in shape as clearly shown in Figure 1 and at its side edgeaguards 3.-3 are located..

`be formed by bending the forward imper- 65 rforato end of the screen sheet Vinto the forni of a trough which extends across the discharge end of the device.

It is evident that when hay is discharged upon the screen sheet, it will be guided by the device to the discharge end thereof and at the same time, any seed whichrnay be contained in the hay will be shakened or jarred from the latter so that it will pass through the perforations of Vthe screen sheet and become deposited, upon the upper surface of the table or platform, from'wlich latter it will move (by reason of the in clined position in which the table or platform may be disposed) to and become deposited in the box or trough 5, from which latter it may be easily recovered, it vbeing noted that the ends of the trough are open as shown in' Fig. 2.

My 'improvements are eminently useful 35 for savinghay seed when the hay is being transferred from a wagon to a baling press.

Slight changes might be made in theconstruction ofrny inventionwithout departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope Y and'hence I do not wishY to restrict myself to the precise details herein set forth. Having fully described Vmy invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is: l i 1. A seed saving device comprising a table, a screen disposedk over and spaced from said table and projecting beyond the forward end of said Vtableand a receptacle Aat the forward end of the table, one wall of said receptacleV having its upper'edge approximately coincident with the forward end of the table and having its opposite wall extending upwardly above the plane 4 of the face of the table and to the forward endv of the screen, the lforward portion of Y said 'screen extending over said receptacle.

2. Av seed saving device Vcomprising .a table, a screen plate `disposed above and spaced from the surface ofthe table and no vUl supported by the Iatter, the 'forward end portion o'f he plate belng nnpeforate and vextending downwardly rearwardly) and lpwardly to abut the forward end of the table and constitute a seed receptacle. Vat the forward end ofA the device.

In testimony whereof, I have Signed this Specification n the presenceoi" two sul@ Titnesses f- F. NEVILLE. 

